The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-18
LAMAR AND CALHOUN.

What ono OF Pennsylvania Distingulshed |
Sons Thinks Of tho seoretary's Speech.
Golden Time, y in the Philadelphia Prea,
says: ~ was surprised at the unwafrapt
cd utterancs Of Secretary Lamar at the
unwilling Of tho Calhoun monument. Yet
the FAC. Is not uurprising when wo remem.
Dor that the Secretary wss too young in
1882 10 have q conscious intelligence Of
Of the great evonts then casting their
shadows on the dial Of time. His CHIEF,
Grover Cleveland, an admirer also Of Mr.
Calhoun, was then not even born. 'p|
I cast my frat vote In 1880, and have a
vivid recollection Of the Presidential con.
test OF 1928 and 1881, and OF tho Calhoun
notification Of the latter period, which
agitsted the nation then as its aeceaBlon
progeny did within living memory in
1SG0-6l. remember well the atrong pa.
triotic and effective courage Of President
jackson In meeting tho treason Of Col.
houn, making even his political opponents
loud In his praise.
OF jackson against notification oil Decom.
Der IL, 1882, and his notification message
Of January 10, 1888? Has no read the
gres! speech Of Daniel Webster In the
Senate in reply to Mr.. Hsyne, Of South
Carolina, the political pupil Of Mr.. Cal.
houn The alarming contests Of 1880 till
1913 circled around the tariU, which the
slave power asserted was Ia. derogation oil
Southern rights and labor interests. Even
George NJ. Dallas, replying 10 an argu.
ment Of Mr.. Hsyne, referred to the char.
RCter OF Southern labor as tho cause oil
tho tariff controversy. Then on what
sound principle and regard for the
truths OF history could Secretary Lamar
expect that the views OF Mr.. Calhoun on
tho subject OF slavery were the same 90
those OF Mr.. Clay or Mr.. Webster, or Of
any leader OF the National Republican
and its successor, the Wing party Never
did Henry Clay or Daniel Webater or any
other leader OF his party join hands with
Mr.. Calhoun upon the slave question ns
held by MIR. Calhoun. Mr.. Lamar and
Mr.. Cleveland, too young to know them
selves have listened to political fctione
made by demsgogues to order.
But my purpose is not to state my own
recollections. 1t Is to reproduce forgot.
ten act, not even noticed in Mr. Biaine's
book, which characterized Mr.. Calhoun's
views and became the ultimate doctrine
which led to judicial heresy, secession and
war. refer to his. resolutions presented
to tho Senate in February, 1917. They
came from the foresight Of great mind
| tior this must be conceded to hiD), which
anticipated and clearly foresaw the acces-
sion OF territory to come under the treaty
OF Guadsloups Hidalgo, made on Febru-
ary ., 1878. He forecast, perhaps fore.
knsw, the contests between slavery and
freedom on tho vast territory to come un-
der one power and formulated On srgu-
ment which would carry slavery, with the
slave owner, into these new fields under
the protection OF the Constitution. The
battle was not long delayed, and brought
Mr.. Clay in his old age into the SenSte to
save his country by the compromise Of
1850, an impotent measure coon drenched
der tho lead OF Senator A;cnigon, and
speedy followed by the equator sover-
eighty dogma OF Douglass aud the repeal
Of the line OF freedom.
| Thus Mr.. Calhoun, in lS47, like the
prophet in the wilderness, prepared the
way for the doctrine which, by the bred
Scott deciaion, sweep. away the last barrier
to the spread OF slavery. The opinion OF
Chief Justice fancy was formed upon Mr..
Calhorn's mold OF l347.
But here arc the resolutions OF Feb.
,uary, ls47, which speak for themselves:
Resolred, That the Territories OF the
United States belong to the several States
composing this Union, and are held By
them ss their joint and common property.
Res0lred, That Congress, IS the joint
sgent and representative OF the States OF
the Union, hiss no right to mako suy law
or TO do any acts whatever that shall
directly, or by its effects, make sny dis.
Termination between the States OF this
Union by which any one Of them shall DO
deprived OF its full and equal rights in the
territory OF the United Stateg, acquired or
TO be acquired.
Resolrei, That tho enactment OF any
law which would directly, or by its efac;B,
deprive the citizens OF any OF the States OF
this Union from emigrating with their
property into any OF the territories Of the
United States would make such discrimi.
nation, and would, therefore, bs viola.
ton OF the Constitution and the rights OF
the States from which such citizens emf
grated, and in derogation OF that perfect
equality which belongs TO them ss mem
bsrs OF this Union, and would tend to
directly subyert the Union itself.
When did Mr.. Clay or Mr.. Webster or
any other leader Of Wing opinions utter
such views? Surely, Secretary Lamar and
President Cleveland must have fsttoned
the mysterious depths Of fable when either
has found anything in the record Of Mr..
Calhoun on the subject OF slavery or the
National Union to be approved by the
American people. As man Of great in
tel!ect and defender OF the perniclous
doctrine OF disunion they may find in
much him 10 admire, but as lover OF his
whole country, . true e1pounder OF the
Constitution, and as oae who would per.
petrate union, the admiration of the
world, better let his memory res. in the
prave of oblivion